Applied Scientist II (Payments)

About the team

We are looking for an Applied Scientist (Machine Learning Scientist) to join our Payments team and make meaningful contributions to our mission to streamline and optimize Uber’s global payment experiences.

In this role, you will be able to use your strong quantitative skills in the fields of machine learning, statistics, economics, operations research, as well as underwriting principles and practices, to improve the Uber Payments experience.

We are looking for candidates with a passion for solving new and difficult problems with data and we specifically seek candidates with experience in underwriting and developing models to evaluate financial exposure, as these skills are crucial for effectively managing and optimizing payment processes.

About the Role

• Design, build, deploy machine learning, statistical, optimization models into Uber production systems for a wide range of applications.
• Design, build, and deploy data pipelines into Uber production.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams across areas such as product, engineering, operations, and design to drive system development end-to-end from conceptualisation to productionization.
• Understanding product performance and to find opportunities within data.
• Present findings to senior management to influence business decisions.

Technical Skills

Required:

• High-intermediate to fluent EN skills.
• Senior and/or Staff seniority as a Data Scientist, Applied Scientist and/or Machine Learning Engineer/Scientist.
• Experience working with credit modelling
• Industry experience in ML frameworks (e.g. Tensorflow, Pytorch, or XGBoost) and complex data pipelines; programming languages such as Python, PySpark, Spark SQL.
• Thought leadership to drive multi-functional projects from conceptualisation to productionization.
• Strong communication skills and can work effectively with cross-functional partners.
• Experience developing complex software systems, scaling them with production quality deployment, monitoring, and reliability.

Please note: this hybrid position is based in São Paulo, Brazil - welcoming both local professionals and those open to relocating to São Paulo.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it forward, together.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.